New Routine

I am up and dressed and waiting for my sister to pick me up. We are off to get my father and bring him back here for the day.We feel bad that we have switched the summer routine and are trying our best to give him a change of scenery. He will decide how the day is spent. He can relax in my sister's air conditioned house or sit by the pool. Then he will come to my house for a BBQ. Either way, just seeing his face is what it is all about.

Maiden Voyage

This morning is the maiden voyage of my new washer and dryer. I visited it for the past few days but did not want to use it. I waited until I had enough clothes to give it a proper send off. I carefully read the instructions even though it basically works the way all washer and dryers do. I do plain laundry and didn't need the fancy features that it came with. I am listening to it quietly agitate and when it stops, the dryer will be asked to take over. I no longer have to hear banging and clanking for hours as I clean my clothes.

Busy Body

I work with a busy body. She needs to know everything that is going on. Once she knows, she might or might not inform other people even if they need to be aware. She prides herself on being the one with all of the information. Most times I am glad I do not know. If it has nothing to do with my personal life, I do not care. Yesterday I turned the tables on her. One of the doctors confided in me about a problem that was going on. I could gather that he did not want anyone else knowing. When the receptionist asked me what was happening, instead of saying I did not know, I said I could not tell. I especially said that because there was a difference in meaning. She looked like she was going to explode. How could something be going on that she was not included in? She then got very quiet and proceeded to fight with everyone in the office to ease her frustration. Unless the doctor tells her himself, she will never know and that will aggravate her to no end.

Email Reminder

As I get older, I am changing my outlook on life. I am adjusting how I interact with people. My family and friends are treated in the same manor, but my work associates are not. I decided that I will no longer coddle people that are capable of fending for themselves. I got an email the other day from my boss asking me to remind her that I need to get her mother a wheelchair when they fly to Turkey next month. There are a few things wrong with that request. Number one, why do I need to remind you? Number two, why can't you request the wheelchair on a ticket that you purchased? Number three, it is your mother, not mine.  Normally when she would walk into the office I would get her attention and refresh her memory on what she wanted me to do. Yesterday she walked in and I played dumb. If she cannot remember, neither will I. I sat all day waiting to see if she would come to me with her airline ticket and ask for my help. She did not. At some point in life, each person needs to be responsible for themselves. Yesterday even though she does not know it, I handed the torch to her.

PrOCD

Sometimes proactive and OCD join together and it becomes a good thing. Today a new washer and dryer are being delivered. The delivery men will cart away the old ones. Most people would leave the old ones in place and let the delivery men do the work. My husband is not most people. The OCD part of him needs to sweep and wash the floor under the old units. The proactive part of him need the area to be clear so the installation goes faster. Last night he moved away the old machines and saw that the dryer had been hardwired to the circuit. The new machines are plugged into a receptacle. He had enough time to go to the hardware store, buy a 30 amp receptacle and install it. If he had not done this, there would have been a problem.

Burning Bridges

It is never smart to burn a bridge. Sometimes you do not know you have burned it until you need it. One of the rooms in my office is not cooling down even though the air conditioner is on. Normally it would not really matter, but this room is the one that we are running a drug study from and it must be a certain temperature. The room is on a 24 hour temperature gauge and the company will know if it runs too hot. Since it went over the top limit by 1 degree, I had to call the air conditioning company to see what is wrong. I called at 8:30am and did not get a return call until noon. The company said that they were booked all day and for the next few days and would put us on a wait list. That was odd since normally, for the past 30 years, they come within a few hours. When I said that it was important to fix the issue, the woman on the phone said that maybe we should "Call the other company that did the last repair. Maybe they will come quicker". Then it dawned on me what was happening. Last year our building management made us move the HVAC units off of the roof and on to a platform so the roof could have air circulating on it. Our regular company came for an estimate and my boss thought it was too high so she went with a new less expensive company. I guess the old company was angry about that since they had been working for her for a long time and they thought the price was a fair one. Now, when she needed them, they wanted to show her that if you sever a relationship you need to suffer the consequences.

Day and Date

I am beginning to lose the concept of day and date. Years ago it was a no brainer. Now I have to think. Yesterday I thought it was Saturday. My routine leaned towards a Saturday one. Then I realized it was Sunday and had to make a mental note to prepare for work this morning. I laid out my clothes and set my alarm early in the day so that if I forgot, there would be reminders. As far as the date goes, I have no idea of what the number on the calendar says. I thought it was the 26th and then saw that it was the 24th. Unless I have a special event, the number is meaningless to me. Lately, I am coasting through life on instinct and I am no worse for the wear.